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| Keywords: Italian - Truncated Pyramidal Box with Heraldic Motifs - Walters 71306 - Top.jpg Preserved in church treasuries examples of secular Islamic art were admired and copied by European artists making Christian liturgical vessels This example features materials and construction techniques characteristic of Islamic Sicilian craftsmen but is decorated with motifs clearly drawn from European heraldry The decoration resembles the work of Italian craftsmen and might have been added at the request of the owner after the box was purchased century 13 ivory painted and gilded decoration cm 11 19 11 accession number 71 306 36489 Germanisches Museum Nuremberg Léon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Sicily Italy Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum Italian Truncated Pyramidal Box with Heraldic Motifs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Frustum-shaped objects | ||||
